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Application filed May 8, 1895. -Serial No. 548,593. (No model.) Patented in England eptember S, 1891, lib-114,887, and in Germany October 19, 1892, No. 64,810.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be-it known that I, J ULES ALPHonsn SALA- 'DIN, a citizen of France, and a resident of Nancy, in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, have invented a new and useful Improvementin ll/lalting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to an improved apparatus for automatically'turning over grain, which constitutes the second operation in the process of malting for the manufacture of beer, for which'I have obtained Letters Patent inGermany, dated October 19, 1892, No. 64,810, and'in Great Britain, dated September 3, 1891, No.14,887.

The object of my invention is to improve the turning-over mechanism patented'to me heretofore upon the 18th day of November, 1890, Letters Patent No. 440,850, and upon the 8th day of November, 1892, No. 485,986;

It is my purpose to provide improved mechanism for propelling the turning-over carriage in both directions, for raising and lowering the spiral shovels at the end of each movement of the carriage and before begin ning the next movement, and for initiating and terminating those operations of the mech anism" which are automatic.

It is my purpose also to improve theconstruction, arrangement, and operation of the gearing and of those parts which mesh and .unmesh the same at different points in the operation of the turning-over mechanism.

It is my purpose also to provide an improved system of belting the pulleys of the machine and to combine therewith an ,improved tension device for producing an oper ative engagement of the belt.

My invention also comprises other novel features, all of which will be fully described in the following specification and then particularly pointed out and defined in the claims.

I will describe myinvention with-reference to the accompanying drawings,'whioh illustratefflby Way of example, apparatus constructed according to my said invention.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 show in cross-section, plan, and longitudinal section, respectively,

a maltin g plant with four compartments pro vided with a single moving turning-over deand plan of the elevating-screws.

vice. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views, in front elevation, end elevation, and plan, of the turning-over screws, with their shafts and gears. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the driving-belts relatively to the transmission-pulley and the turning-over device. Fig. 8v shows in detail tension devices for the pulleys of the driving-belt. Fig. 9 shows in side elevation the main carriage of the apparatus, with its different parts. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the opposite side of said machine-frame. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the turning-over mechanism, the upper part being removed. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of the turning-over device,-and Fig. 13 is a rear view of the same. Figs. 14, 15, and 16 are views in rear elevation, side elevation, Figs. 17 to 21 are detail views showing the mechanism for bringing the elevating devices into and out of action. Fig. 22 is a detail side elevation showing the parts operating at the end of a movement of the turning-over mechanism when the following movement is aboutto take place for raising or lowering the turning-over screws. Figs. 23, 24, and 25 and 23, 24, and 25 and 23, 24 and 25 are detail views showing the parts and the operation thereof of the turnin g-over mechanism. Fig. 24is a perspective view showing such parts assembled. Fig. 26 is a detail rear elevation showing the main driving-pulley of the machine with its adjacent pulley and the toothed wheels upon the driving-shaft for imparting movement to the turning-over device. Fig. 27 is a detail rear elevation showing the toothed wheels out of gearfor stopping the operation of the turning-over mechanism. Figs. 28 and 29 are detail side elevations showing the toothed wheels. and intermediate gears seen in Figs. 26 and 27 when brought into and out of engagement and the device for retaining them in the former position. detail rear elevations, partlydiagrammatic, showing the means for regulating the movement of the carriage carrying the turningover mechanism. Fig. 31 is a perspective view of cams used in the turning-over mechanism. Fig. 32 is a diagram showing the operative connection between the main drivingpulley and the shaft which rotates the spiral 'Figs. 30 and 31 are shovels. Fig. 33 is a similar diagram showing some of the same parts with the addition of the devices which move the carriage upon its rails at a comparatively slow speed,as'when the shovels are in operation. Fig. St is a further diagram showing the relation between the main driving-belt, the main driving-pulley, and the means by which motion is im' parted to the raising and lowering mechanism and to the devices raising and lowering the spiral shovels. Fig. 35 is a diagram showing the relation between the main driving belt and pulley and the means for transmitting motion to the wheel-axles of the carriage when a faster motion of the same is required. Fig. 36 is a vertical section through the center of the shaft of one of the spiral shovels, its worm-wheel, &c., and showing in elevation the shovel, carriage-propelling gear, rack, &c., by which the turning-over apparatus is moved over the compartments.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals, and first more particularly to the turning-over devices, it may be stated that the spiral shovels 18, (see Fig. 30,) carried by preferably hollow perforated shafts 15, mounted in tubular bearings t) and carrying worm-wheels 1G, operated by worms 26 on a shaft 25, are essentially the same as the corresponding parts shown in my patents above referred to, and as no claim is here made for them they require no particular description now, as my present invention relates more to the devices for giving the necessary motions to the various parts of the turning-over mechanism and the carriage therefor.

The upper carriage supporting the turnover mechanism consists of two vertical side frames 57 58, connected by frame-braces 59, between which is set an upright- 61, carrying a bracket 61 to support shafts and 70, further referred to hereinafter. This carriage is mounted on flanged wheels (39, which run on rails 101 and is moved by means to be subsequently described. Between these side frames is mounted a cylindrical frame 1, carrying the shovels, shafts, bearings, 50., heretofore referred to and having rigidly secured thereto the threaded slides or nuts 2, moving in vertical ways in the side frames 57 58. In these slides work vertical screw-shafts 56, supported in brackets 57, as shown in Fig. 1-1, which as they turn raise or lower the frame 1 and with them the rotaryshovels, &c. Each screw-shaft is provided with a wornrgear (see Figs. 11, 15, and 10') upon its upper end, operated by a worm 51, the latter being carried by a horizontal shaft 53, which is driven by the following means:

In Fig. 1 a belt 112 is shown carried by pulleys 11S and .119, the former being on a powershaft 117. The belt 11; runs parallel with and nearly over one of the rails 101 and is carried over the top of a tension-pulley 30, (see Figs. 7 and O, in which the arrows show the course of the belt,) adjustable by a screwshaft 38 in a frame From this pulley said belt passes under an idler 35, then around a grooved pulley 34 upon the end of a shaft 33, which has hearings in the frame 57, its outer end projecting beyond the frame to receive the grooved pulley The idler is between the tension-pulley 36 and the grooved pulley 3t and so low down that the belt 112, after passing under the idler, embraces almost the entire periphery of the pulley 3t. From this latter pulley it is carried under, behind, and over the top of the tension-pulley 36, which has a wide groove to carry both coils of the belt, and thence to the pulley 11f), whereby rotary motion is given to the pulley 31 and its shaft 33 when the power-shaft 117 is running. The shaft 33 carriesa spur-gear 32 near the inner side of the frame, and meshing with the same is a similar gear 28 on a shaft 29, (see Figs. 12, 20', and 27,) lying directly under the shaft 33. This shaft 29 has one end lying loosely on a bearing in the frame 57 and the other end supported by a forked bracket 2U, (see Fig. 12,) which straddles one of the transverse braces 59. Near the gear 28 on the shaft 2.) is a second and similar gear 28", which meshes with a gear 27 upon a shaft 25, which is in the same axial line with but independent of the shaft 35 This shaft 25 carries the worms 26, which drive the worm-gears 10 upon the ends of the shafts 15. The outer or free end of the shaft 29 is capable of a limited vertical adjustment, whereby the gears 28 and 28" may be disengaged from the gears 32 and 27, as seen in Figs. ZTand 2ft. \Vhen said gears are brought into engagement, as seen in Figs. 2c and 28, the shaft 29 is held up by a spring-pressed prop I30, pivoted on the frame and. having a toe which is acted upon by a cam-shoulder UH, (see Figs. 28 and 29,) located at the point where the movement of the carriage terminates. This shoulder trips the toe and throws the prop 30 from beneath. the end of the shaft 20, allowing it to drop and unmesh the gears by which the revolution of the shafts 15,0111- rying the spiral shovels 18, is caused to cease. The gears are reengaged when desired by means of a hand-lever $31, fulcrumed on the frame 57 and having one end lying underneath the mo 'able end of the shaft 29. The shaft also carries a worm 26", (see Figs. 11 and 12,) which meshes with a worm-gear 1 upon the end of a shaft 3, supported in a bearing 5 near the end of the hollow frame 1. On the other end of this shaft is a worm 6, (see Fig. 36,) which drives a worm-wheel 75, mounted on a shaft 73. ()n this latter shaft are toothed wheels H, which engage a rack of teeth 1.02 on the sides of the rails 10], thereby propelling the carriage in either direction. \Vhen the shaft '73 is driven by the worm (i, asseendiagrammaticallyin Fig.33,the wheels 71 have a direction of lllOVOll'lOlll] which propels the carriage forward during the operative action of the spiral shovels. 

